rockethenry

Well, it's been a two week break since I've written here. Lots of stress at work and off for a week's vacation. Last weekend was wonderful--a 4 day summer camp for adults with general topic of the Union of Radical Political Economics. Workshops, sleeping in bunk beds--4 beds in a room--campfilre, folk sings and a lot of new friends. And trying to figure out what's wrong with our country which is so dominated by welfare for big business (banks etc) and wealthy individuals but so little concern for working people, the poor or the disabled. It seems that we in the US are ages behind other countries in the "advanced" (or shall we say advantaged) world. And so heartless that we can't even pass a simple health care bill without taking the guts out of it for fear of a little opposition from the lunatics on the right. Oh my, what a sad mess. But so good to connect with other radicals. It's almost like saying you are on the left or a socialist is still an obscenity in America. I don't know why. We are all so captivated by the very capitalist system that has pulled us (and the world) into such a dismal situation.
We need to put people before profits. That simple. To care. To love. To join in friendship with others like us and not like us. Not so hard, really.
Well, me and the family are well. that is a blessing And my youngest son David (26 years) just got a new job as an assistant teacher at the Rockefeller University nursery school in New York City. He will work with 4 year olds--just exactly what he wants to do with his life--when he's not doing his art (being an artist, first of all). We are so proud of him and so happy for him. And he has a new apartment rented with a young woman ballet dancer and choreographer who happens to be a black lesbian (David being a straight Caucasian). They are new to each other but off to a great start. So all is happy in the Boylan family!